The Expansion of Phoenix Convention Center

Phoenix Convention Center came from the Phoenix Civic Plaza which was completed 1972 at the cost of $28 million. Phoenix Symphony Hall was part of the project. The Phoenix Civic Plaza was expanded in 1978 due to the increasing demands for spaces, and changed the name to Phoenix Convention Center. In the mid-1990, $32 million was used to renovate the buildings and to update the facilities. In 2006, Phoenix Convention Center had its largest renovation project at the cost of $600 million, which made the new center three times larger than the old one. The entirely new convention center now has three buildings with over 900,000 square feet, including the south building, the north building and the west building. The south building has two exhibition halls, the 28,000 square feet south ballroom, divisible meeting rooms (it is my favorable room, because it’s very flexible that the big room can be divided into six small rooms by walls). The west building offers over 60,000 square-foot spaces including two exhibition hall and six meeting rooms.